Twitch streamers planning #ADayOffTwitch boycott amid rise of \u201chate raids\u201d TwitchFollowing the unfortunate rise of \u201chate raids\u201d on Twitch in recent months, streamers are planning a #ADayOffTwitch boycott on September 1st due to a lack of help. In the past few months, Twitch streamers have been targeted with \u201chate raids,\u201d which are essentially hundreds of bots flooding a streamer\u2019s chat at once with messages that go against Twitch\u2019s hateful conduct rules. Hate raids are mainly used to target minority groups and were kicked off by attacks on LGBTQ+ streamers with a wave of homophobic and transphobic messages. These raids sparked outrage from streamers across the platform, who came together with the #TwitchDoBetter movement, as the streaming service stayed radio silent despite going all of this going against their TOS. After weeks of harassment, Twitch finally responded, assuring streamers that they\u2019re working on solutions to combat the raids, but they can\u2019t share every single detail of what they\u2019re actively doing. \u201cWe\u2019ve been building channel-level ban evasion detection and account improvements to combat this malicious behavior for months. However, as we work on solutions, bad actors work in parallel to find ways around them, which is why we can\u2019t always share details,\u201d they said. Yet, for some streamers, this wasn\u2019t a good enough response. As a result, some streamers \u2013 including \u2018RekItRaven\u2018 \u2013 banded together to start the #ADayOffTwitch boycott. The movement is an effort to be taken seriously by the platform and is asking streamers to not go live or visit the site on September 1. We are continuing the fight. Shout out to @LuciaEverblack and @ShineyPen for helping me with this!#ADayOffTwitch September 1st, don’t go live. pic.twitter.com\/dU1ycC9YtM\u2014 Raven’s Not Here. (@RavenousTales_) August 20, 2021 So far the #ADayOffTwitch tweet has garnered plenty of attention with streamers from across the globe echoing the message. Plenty of others urged viewers to get involved as well and not watch any streamer on the day. \u201cThese kinds of protests make an impact when folks are in it together,\u201d stated AnyKey. Join this protest to End Hate Raids by taking #ADayOffTwitch on 9\/1. No streaming, no watching. These kinds of protests make an impact when folks are in it together. RT and ask your fav streamers (especially the non-marginalized ones) to participate by not streaming on 9\/1. https:\/\/t.co\/zihs6QsMzB \u2014 AnyKey (@anykeyorg) August 21, 2021 Remember folks, you don’t have to be a streamer to participate in #ADayOffTwitch As a viewer and a supporter you can participate by staying off the platform completely. If you can’t participate, that’s okay, you can still help by boosting and sharing \u2014 BurntRice (ShineyPen) \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u26a7\ufe0f \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\udded (@ShineyPen) August 21, 2021 Previous Twitch boycotts may have been perceived as unsuccessful but streamers are determined to make a change. It remains to be seen if they\u2019ll get their message across to some of Twitch\u2019s biggest creators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Twitch streamers planning #ADayOffTwitch boycott amid rise of \u201chate raids\u201d TwitchFollowing the unfortunate rise of \u201chate raids\u201d on Twitch in recent months, streamers are planning a #ADayOffTwitch boycott on September 1st due to a lack of help. In the past few months, Twitch streamers have been targeted with \u201chate raids,\u201d which are essentially hundreds of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}